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• The African-American Heritage Cookbook

  Traditional Recipes and Fond Remembrances From Alabama's Renowned Tuskegee Institute

  Tillery, Carolyn Quick,

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  This celebrated classic collection of heritage recipes and anecdotes features more than two hundred mouthwatering African American dishes with pictorial accounts, personal vignettes, and poetry tracing the abundant history of the renowned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• African-American Holiday Traditions

  Celebrating With Passion, Style, and Grace

  Broussard, Antoinette

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  Linking the past to the present, this book features famous African-American women telling how they celebrate the holidays: Christmas, New Year's, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, and other special days.

• The Church Ladies' Divine Desserts

  Heavenly Recipes and Sweet Recollections

  Miller, Brenda Rhodes

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  An engaging and irresistible collection of dessert recipes and reminiscences that celebrates the lives and cooking skills of the women affectionately known as "church ladies."

• Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts

  Stories and Recipes From Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

  Wilkinson, Crystal,

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  A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poet laureate of Kentucky.

• The Jemima Code

  Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks

  Tipton-Martin, Toni

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  The Jemima Code presents more than 150 black cookbooks that range from a rare 1827 house servant's manual, the first book published by an African American in the trade, to modern classics by authors such as Edna Lewis and Vertamae…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Smoke

  African Americans and the United States of Barbecue

  Miller, Adrian,

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  In Black Smoke , Miller chronicles how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and restauranteurs helped develop this cornerstone of American foodways and how they are coming into their own today. It's a smoke-filled story of Black perseverance,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sylvia's Family Soul Food Cookbook

  From Hemingway, South Carolina to Harlem

  Woods, Sylvia (Sylvia Pressley)

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  When Sylvia set out to write this cookbook, she decided to hold a cook-off back home in Hemingway at Jeremiah Church. Family and friends of all ages shared their favorite dishes as well as their spirit and love for one another. The recipes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way Home

  a Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family With Over 100 Recipes

  Brown, Kardea,

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  Kardea Brown, the breakout star of Food Network's hit show Delicious Miss Brown celebrates the Gullah/Geechee culinary traditions of her family in this spectacular cookbook featuring 125 original mouthwatering recipes and gorgeous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Kwanzaa Celebration

  Festive Recipes and Homemade Gifts From An African-American Kitchen

  Medearis, Angela Shelf, 1956-

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  A delicious blend of food, culture, and African-American history to make your Kwanzaa celebration warm, welcoming, and meaningful. Medearis leads us through the season, focusing on rituals and history, traditions and lore, and dishes that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Southern Homecoming Traditions

  Recipes and Remembrances

  Tillery, Carolyn Quick

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  The fourth book in the successful African-American Heritage series of cookbooks combines more than 230 recipes for traditional Southern dishes with nostalgia, significant historical photos, and the personal memories of members of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Red Rooster Cookbook

  the Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem

  Samuelsson, Marcus

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  Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes from the New York Times best-selling superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson's iconic Harlem restaurant.

• Preserving Family Recipes

  How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions

  Frey, Valerie J., 1969-

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  This book is a guide for gathering, adjusting, supplementing, and safely preservingfamily recipes and for interviewing relatives, collecting oral histories, and conducting kitchen visits to document family food traditions from the everyday…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Taste of Freedom

  a Cookbook With Recipes and Remembrances From the Hampton Institute

  Tillery, Carolyn Quick

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  The sequel to the bestselling "The African-American Heritage Cookbook" interweaves fascinating history with fabulous menus. Includes recipes for the elegant Southern foods for which the Virginia coast is famous. 50 photos & illustrations.

• The Big Book of Soul

  the Ultimate Guide to the African American Spirit : Legend & Lore, Music & Mysticism, Recipes & Rituals

  Bird, Stephanie Rose, 1960-

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  A cultural reference for African Americans, with an in-depth examination of the source of soul and how it is expressed today in spiritual practices, music, arts, and even recipes.

• Eat Plants, B*tch

  91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-loving Mind

  Cole, Pinky,

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  From the Slutty Vegan herself, a collection of ninety-one delicious, guilt-free, plant-based recipes that you will love to indulge in from the comfort of your own home

• An African American Cookbook

  Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes

  Bailey, Phoebe,

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  An African American Cookbook: Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes is a wonderful collection of traditional recipes and food memories, as well as contemporary favorite foods.

• Hallelujah! the Welcome Table

  a Lifetime of Memories With Recipes

  Angelou, Maya

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  Beloved poet and bestselling author Maya Angelou shares memories pithy and poignant--and the recipes that helped to make them both indelible and irreplaceable. From fried meat pies to bread pudding, the 100-plus recipes included here come…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweet Potato Soul

  100 Easy Vegan Recipes for the Southern Flavors of Smoke, Sugar, Spice, and Soul

  Claiborne, Jenné,

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  Jenne Claiborne grew up in Atlanta eating classic soul food--but thought she had to give all that up when she went vegan. She now celebrates the plant-based roots of the cuisine and reenvisions 100 classic dishes with a focus on healthy,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Soul

  a Chef's Culinary Evolution in 150 Recipes

  Richards, Todd (Chef),

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  James Beard Award-nominated Chef Todd Richards shares his personal culinary exploration of soul food.

• If I Can Cook, You Know God Can

  African American Food Memories, Meditations, and Recipes

  Shange, Ntozake,

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  This book is a delightfully eclectic tribute to black cuisine as a food of life that reflects the spirit and history of a people. With delectable illustrations, this updated edition connects the culinary past to the present and welcomes a…Read moreRead more of this annotation